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Miles, Iowa

City in Jackson County, Iowa

Air quality

The air at Miles

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Clinton (IA), 16 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good16.5 mi
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb13.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb16.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Miles

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Miles, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

On the radar over Miles, IowaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Miles, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ClintonCWI

At an airfield/15.0 mi away/709 ft/104 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank737of 1,055

measured daily2 instruments

Charlotte 0.2 SSEIA-CN-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.0 mi away/699 ft/114 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bellevue LD 12BLVI4

At a cooperative observer's station/16.1 mi away/587 ft/226 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank83of 1,055

Station report

The weather at Clinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Miles, Iowa. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Clinton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLINTONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEClinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Clinton: temperature 39.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. B THE AIR AT CLINTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.3 FTEMPERATURE 39.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEClinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CWI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Clinton, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CWIFIG. C THE WIND AT CLINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Clinton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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